Which fowl species do you suppose is the largest attraction to guests of your lodge (please solely identify one species)?
The Palm Nut Vulture
What’s the identify of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been working?
Ngoye Lodge and Nguni Cottage – Purchased in 2006, began working as a B&B in 2007, registered in 2017
Southern Banded Snake-eagle
How greatest to journey to your lodge?
Self-Drive (Fly into King Shaka Airport and rent a automotive and drive from there). We don’t have any public transport in Mtunzini
Pink-capped Robin-chat
What sort of companies – aside from lodging and meals – does your lodge supply to visiting birders?
We facilitate guided excursions with our native fowl guides. We facilitate barge journeys for birding. Now we have kayaks that visitors could use to exit on the lagoon to do birding from. We additionally present maps for visitors to make use of for self-guided birding.
Trumpeter Hornbill
What makes your lodge particular?
Our bird-attracting indigenous gardens, shut proximity to the Umlalazi Nature reserve, and different native birding scorching spots. Our Pleasant and personalised hospitality. Our heat local weather all 12 months spherical. And our very particular little village.
Crested Guineafowl
What are the ten – 20 most attention-grabbing birds that your lodge presents good possibilities to see?
- White-eared Barbet
- Black-collared Barbet
- Gray Sunbird
- Cape White-eye
- Black-backed Puffback
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker
- Yellow Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Black-bellied Starling
- Violet-backed Starling
- Bronze Mannikin
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Inexperienced Twinspot
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Inexperienced-backed Camaroptera
- Hadada Ibis
- Purple-crested Turaco
- Darkish-capped Bulbul
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Olive Sunbird
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Pink-eyed Dove
- Cape Turtle Dove
- Trumpeter Hornbill
- African Palm Swift
- Larger Striped Swallow
- Lesser Striped Swallow
What’s the greatest time to go to your lodge, and why?
All 12 months spherical as totally different species are right here at totally different occasions of the 12 months. Winter can be heat and we have now the Mangrove Kingfisher, African Inexperienced Pigeon, and different specials visiting us throughout this time.
Mangrove Kingfisher
Is your lodge concerned in conservation efforts? If sure, please describe them.
Mulching, making our personal compost, espresso and compost academic periods. Members of Truthful Commerce
What different options are you able to give to birders concerned about visiting your lodge?
Carry binoculars, snug strolling footwear that you just don’t thoughts getting soiled, swimming costume. E-book your birding guides earlier than you arrive. Make the most of the barge journeys and use the kayaks. Give your self extra time in Mtunzini than you suppose you want. EVERYONE at all times needs that they had booked extra time with us. In case you are visiting on a Sunday, please come ready with meals as all eating places and the SPAR shut between 3 pm and 5 pm on a Sunday.
White-eared Barbet
Do you might have actions for non-birders? If that’s the case, please describe.
Mountain climbing, biking, tennis, golf, squash, pickleball, barge journeys, kayaking, crafting, spending time on the seaside, sunbathing, and swimming in our swimming pool, Spa therapies, seeing the bushbabies being fed, or exploring the areas round Mtunizini.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is concerned about staying at your lodge, how can they greatest contact you?
071 874 5299 | [email protected]
Yellow-fronted Canary
